Ethnic Albanians Leave Serbia For The EU

October 25, 2012 09:00 GMT

Ethnic Albanians from the southern Serbian border town of Presevo set off for the EU. They are just some of the growing number of people from the Balkans seeking asylum in the European Union since the bloc lifted visa requirements for the countries of the former Yugoslavia in 2009-10. Some EU members are pushing for the visa regime to be reimposed. (8 PHOTOS)

1Ethnic Albanians wave from a bus window as they depart for the EU from the southern Serbian town of Presevo on October 20.

2Ethnic Albanians wait for a bus to travel to the EU.

3An Albanian man boards a bus headed for the EU.

4Passengers load their baggage into a bus.

5Albanians say goodbye to each other as they wait for a bus to go to EU.

6A man waves goodbye to his friends as the bus leaves.

7Ethnic Albanian women wait near the bus in Presevo.

8An ethnic Albanian girl looks out from a bus as she waits to leave for the EU in Presevo.